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Is islam spread by sword?

If not then explain with reason please..
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islam is not spread by sword this is just a myth created by many historian.. to support my argument i will like to quote one of lecture by Dr. Naik
it is a historical fact, that Islam spread much faster during periods of peace than in periods of war. Islam continued to spread, as it does now, when Muslims were not prevailing economically, socially or politically.

History of Tolerance and Mutual Respect

The Glorious Qur’an says:
"Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from error" [Al-Qur'an 2:256]

Traditionally Muslims have treated other religions with respect, even when they were in a position to use force.

Muslims ruled Spain for about 800 years. During these 800 years, until Muslims were finally forced out by the crusaders, non-Muslims flourished in Spain. Muslims have ruled Arabia for 1400 years, except for brief periods of British and French rule. Yet there are today 14 million Arabs who are Coptic Christians whose families have been Christians going back several generations.

The Muslims ruled India for about a thousand years. They had the power to forcibly convert each and every non-Muslim of India to Islam. Today more than 80% of the population of India is non-Muslim. All these non-Muslim Indians are bearing witness to the fact that Islam was not spread by the sword.

Thomas Arnold, a former Christian missionary in India, who cannot be accused of being pro-Islam, in his famous book ‘The Preaching of Islam’, indicates that there have been certain periods where Muslim rulers have diverted from this tolerance, but it was due to a deviation from Islamic principles, rather than conformance to them.

He concludes that the two primary reasons for the spread of Islam all over the world were merchants and the Sufis, two groups of people who went out, worked with humanity and gently invited others to their faith.

Legal Safeguards for non-Muslims under Islamic Law

The Quran and Sunnah (Traditions of the Prophet) explicitly dictate regulations and rights for the protection of non-Muslim minorities living under the rule of Islam. The Prophet even said that if a Muslim hurts a covenanted person (i.e. a non-Muslim living under the rule of Islam) or commits any injustice to him, then on the Day of Judgment the Prophet (pbuh) would be the advocate on behalf of the non-Muslim against the Muslim. What would be the sense and need for all of these prescriptions and advice, if Islam required that they be compelled to accept the religion?

The Rapid Spread of Islam

An article in Reader's Digest ‘Almanac', year book 1986, gave the statistics of the increase of percentage of the major religions of the world in half a century from 1934 to 1984. This article also appeared in ‘The Plain Truth' magazine. At the top was Islam, which increased by 235%, and Christianity had increased only by 47%. May one ask, “Which war took place in this century which converted millions of people to Islam?”

Indonesia is a country that has the maximum number of Muslims in the world. The majority of people in Malaysia are Muslims. Similarly, Islam has spread rapidly on the East Coast of Africa. May one ask, "Which Muslim army went to Indonesia and Malaysia, and to the East coast of Africa?"

Today the fastest growing religion in America and in Europe is Islam. Which sword is forcing people in the West to accept Islam in such large numbers?
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we dont need to go much in details.just compare figures. muslims, in the presence of hazrat MUHAMMAD(PBUH), fought a total of 27 holy wars and around 70 sarayas.total killings of non-muslims in all those battles stood as 759 only. and muslims shuhada totalled 259. more than 6000 were war prisoners.thats it. u compare it with what is happening in iraq, afghanistan, and most importantly in palestine.get the answer?see more! who i using sword against muslims now? what is the result of that?
ISLam is the fast growing religion in the world at the moment when muslims are dominated by non-muslims.have ur say!
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No Islam was not spread by sword.

As Qur'an says, "There is no compulsion in Religion""

Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from error" [Al-Qur’an 2:256]

Islam is the religion of the Truth. The Qur'an is the book of the Truth.
"We sent down the Qur'an in Truth and in Truth has it descended." (17:105)


"Put your trust in Allah for you are on the path of the manifest Truth."(27:79)

Islam stands for peace, force is used in order to restore peace, justice and rule of law.
As Hazarat Abu Bakr Siddique fought against those people who denied to pay zakat and were creating disturbance in the Islamic State.


Muslims ruled Spain for about 800 years. The Muslims in Spain never used the sword to force the people to convert. Later the Christian Crusaders came to Spain and wiped out the Muslims. It is mentioned in detail in Naseem Hijjazi’s book “kaleesa or aag”

Indonesia is a country that has the maximum number of Muslims in the world. The majority of people in Malaysia are Muslims. May one ask, "Which Muslim army went to Indonesia and Malaysia?"

Muslims ruled over India for about 800 years but there are still the followers of other religions in the subcontinent. If it was spread by sword then there would be only Muslims in this region.

Islam was spread by the sword of intellect.
Invite (all) to the way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious." [Al-Qur’an 16:125]


Today the fastest growing religion in America is Islam. The fastest growing religion in Europe is Islam. Which sword is forcing people in the West to accept Islam in such large numbers?
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islam doesnot spread with sword but in shadow of sword.

when we look whole history of islam we can observe this that islam spread
under the shadow of sword.
in early period of islam when holy prophet(pbuh) starts preach of islam
many problems was created by kuffar.
when hazrat umer(r.a) accepted islam then a confidence produced in muslims
and they preach openly this point show that power and sword is nessessary
for attaining any purpose.

it is reality that the muslims method of battle is quite different comparison
to others , but the question is that why mostly people accept islam from those areas which were under control of muslim leaders

the ratio of acceptence of islam as a religion on those areas whose were not controlled by muslim leaders is very less

islam is a great religion whose basic concept is equality .
he says if any one slap you then not forgive him , you can punch him

so without power , fear it was not possible to spread islam in whole
world


so islam speard under the shadow of sword
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In contemperory world if we observe the working of some muslim groups, who are hell bound to spread their version of Islam by force, then it seems that Islam was spread through sword.
On the other hand if we observe the life and teachings of Sufia in this part of the world, then it seems that Islam was spread through love, kindness and humanism.
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@SOCIOULOGIST...HOw could you judge the past by the actions ov today????//?the spreaders ov islam were SAHABIS those who use sword are nothng...
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Sorry, i could not get u fully.
What i am trying to say is that knowledge of history comes from books and there is much controversy regarding the topic of this thread as passed on us through the books so why not look at the present day world and derive a conclusion by observing the groups who are struggling to spread Islam today as today will be the past of future.
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I have a question. If Muslims were not to conquer areas like india, spain and Constantinople would there be much muslims as they are now?
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